JULIUS CAESAR

posted on September 6th, 2021 at 10:09 AM by Steven Stanley


Adeptly trimmed to a brisk eighty minutes by Theatricum Botanicum legend Ellen Geer and filled with as much action as it is with political intrigue, William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar adds up to classical theater as thrillingly staged as it is easily accessible to 21st Century audiences.
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CLOSELY RELATED KEYS

posted on August 29th, 2021 at 11:07 AM by Steven Stanley

A hotshot young corporate lawyer discovers she has an Iraqi half-sister from her father’s long ago extramarital relationship in Wendy Graf’s Closely Related Keys, an International City Theatre production every bit as topical as it was in its 2014 World Premiere, though ultimately not as effective as it was the first time round.
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posted in Drama, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review

THE LAST, BEST SMALL TOWN

posted on August 16th, 2021 at 9:46 AM by Steven Stanley


Two families living side by side in smalltown America, their teenage offspring head-over-heels in love, and an all-seeing, all-knowing stage manager serving as our narrator. Sound familiar?

Only the town in question isn’t Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. It’s Fillmore, California, the families are the Millers and the Gonzalezes, and the year is 2005 in John Guerra’s World Premiere wonder The Last, Best Small Town, now captivating audiences at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum.
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STAND UP IF YOU’RE HERE TONIGHT

posted on August 14th, 2021 at 12:23 AM by Steven Stanley

If you’re in the mood for an hour of decidedly offbeat whimsy, then John Kolvenbach’s Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight, now getting its West Coast Premiere at Atwater Village, just might be your theatrical thing. At the very least, you’ll reward its star Jim Ortlieb with much earned cheers.
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posted in Los Angeles, Solo Performance, Theater Review

DURANG!

posted on August 11th, 2021 at 9:55 AM by Steven Stanley

Christopher Durang reveals his trademark outlandishness times four at Studio/Stage this month in Mmmkay Productions and Crown City Theatre Company’s Durang!, a quartet wild and crazy Hollywood Fringe Festival one-acts, directed with pizzazz by Kristin Towers-Rowles.
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YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

posted on August 8th, 2021 at 9:55 AM by Steven Stanley


Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, Sally, Snoopy, and that loveable blockhead Charlie Brown have made Memorial Park their summer home in Sierra Madre Playhouse’s couldn’t-be-better outdoor production of the delightful song-and-sketch cycle You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.
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posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

posted on August 2nd, 2021 at 10:24 AM by Steven Stanley


A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a quarter-century tradition at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum, is back for 2021, trimmed to ninety minutes and jam-packed with physical comedy and song performed by one of the finest Theatricum casts ever, most of them performing in it for the very first time.
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WAITING

posted on July 25th, 2021 at 11:50 PM by Steven Stanley

Live performances have returned to the Atwater Village Theatre for the first time in over sixteen months, and though I’m not quite sure what to make of Daniel A. Olivas’s absurdist comedy Waiting, at the very least the latest Playwrights’ Arena World Premiere serves as a taste of what lies ahead.
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posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, World Premiere

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